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Foreach to cp files
Name: nmf Date: June 22, 2006 at 21:38:58 Pacific OS: OS x CPU/Ram: G4 Product: emac
Comment:
I'm trying to duplicate a template file into all files that have *mo.sed.
foreach is (\*mo.sed) cp ok.sed $is endeach
gives a cp error if I try ls instead of cp, it lists all the files correctly.
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